By Jordan Carleo-Evangelist

Published 9:11 am, Tuesday, August 27, 2013

MILTON — A 23-year-old man has been charged with raping a 13-year-old girl, the Saratoga County Sheriff's Office said.

Stephen R. Edgar allegedly called police himself to report that he thought neighbors in the Creek and Pines Mobile Home Park at 885 Middle Line Road wanted to hurt him because of rumors that he had a sexual relationship with a young teenaged girl, the sheriff's office said.

While investigating that claim, authorities discovered that Edgar did have sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl, the sheriff's office said.

Edgar was charged with felony second-degree rape and arraigned in town court. He was be was being held at the Saratoga County Jail on $5,000 cash bail or $10,000 bond. Second-degree rape covers with cases in which the alleged victim is too young or too disabled to legally consent to sex.